Description:Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has received overwhelmingly positive reviews. That’s thanks in large part to director Matt Reeves, a lifelong Apes fan.He said in an interview for USA Entertainment Now that he approached the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes as “a Godfather with apes”, saying, “It’s this grand, mythic, Shakespearean story that leads back to the world we know in the ’68 film.(1:11)